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TexasTowelie

(117,229 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 08:52 PM Sep 2019

New Proposal Would Require Cannabis Delivery People To Wear Body Cams

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has released a draft proposal that would require marijuana delivery people to wear body cameras.

The CCC's rationale for the body cam proposal is public safety, Boston Globe cannabis reporter Dan Adams said on Boston Public Radio Friday.

"There have been a handful of robberies of these drivers in some of the western states where marijuana delivery is allowed," said Adams. "As always with marijuana, it's just a question about balancing public safety with consumer access."

The proposal has sparked public outcry from critics citing privacy concerns, Adams said.

Read more: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2019/09/06/new-proposal-would-require-cannabis-delivery-people-to-wear-body-cams

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New Proposal Would Require Cannabis Delivery People To Wear Body Cams (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP
what kind of insane shit is this Blues Heron Sep 2019 #1
I am puzzled why the right doesn't propose making everyone carry a gun and a body camera... Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #2
Sure!!! The state could contract w/ the same companies that make police body cams!!! ret5hd Sep 2019 #3

Blues Heron

(6,193 posts)
1. what kind of insane shit is this
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 08:55 PM
Sep 2019

good little orwellians in mass it seems. Maybe bartenders should wear them too. Maybe we should all film everything all the time. The freakout over cannabis never fails to astonish me.

Thomas Hurt

(13,929 posts)
2. I am puzzled why the right doesn't propose making everyone carry a gun and a body camera...
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 09:00 PM
Sep 2019

its the only way we can all be safe after all.

(snark)

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
3. Sure!!! The state could contract w/ the same companies that make police body cams!!!
Sat Sep 7, 2019, 09:03 PM
Sep 2019

We know how reliable those are! Any trouble at all...pffft, footage down the drain!

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